- Granddaughter of Earl L. McMurtrie.
- Writes and sings jazz.
- Sister-in-law of Richard Stone.
- Great-niece of Eugene McMurtrie.
- Author of The Foley Grail.
- Has a Masters degree in Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry.
- Teaches at DePaul University in the Digital Cinema program. (May 2006)
- Pursuing a Ph.D in Communications at Georgia State University. (August 2009)
- Teaches at Columbia College in Chicago. (January 2007)
- Received a Ph.D. in Communication from Georgia State University in 2014.
- Is the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Endowed Chair, Professor of Telecommunications, at Ball State, August 2014.
- Wrote the second edition of The Foley Grail, released in March, 2014.
- Her book, Divergent Tracks: How Three Film Communities Revolutionized Digital Film Sound, was published in 2022. It details the transition from analogue sound editing to digital in New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area from the perspective of cultural geography and industrial ethnography.
- Has written a musical entitled Holy Foley! based loosely on her book The Foley Grail.
- Wrote the 3rd edition of The Foley Grail, published in 2021.
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